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T H E G A T H E R I N G
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R E S C U E M E
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HOW TO MEASURE A PLANET
(c) Century Media - 1998
http://www.gathering.nl/
Standard Tuning
E A D G B E
Tempo = 121 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk
Version 1.0
17th November 2008
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Tablature Symbols Used:
P.M... - Palm Mute
p - Pull-Off
h - Hammer-On
(/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
- Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
/ - Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
<12> - Natural Harmonic
REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
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Intro: Guitars 1 & 2 with Clean Tone (Play 4 times)
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* Let notes ring wherever possible *
||----------------------|-------------------| |
||----------------------|-------------------| |
||----------5-----------|--(5)--------------|*|
||-------3--------------|--(3)--------------|*|
||--0-------------------|--(0)--------------| |
||----------------------|-------------------| |
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Verse 1a: Guitar 1 (Play once through)
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* Let notes ring wherever possible *
1 2 3
||--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------0--------|-(0)-----0------------|-------------0--------|
||-----------0--------|-(0)-----0------------|-------------0--------|
||--------------------|--------------3-------|-------3--3-----------|
||--3-----------------|-(3)-------------3----|--3-------------------|
||--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
4 5 6
|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-(0)-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-(0)-----0-------------|----------5-----------|-(5)---------------|
|--------------3-----3--|-------3--------------|-(3)---------------|
|-----------------3-----|--0-------------------|-(0)---------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
7 8 9
|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------0--------|
|----------5-----------|-(5)---------------|-----------0--------|
|-------3--------------|-(3)---------------|--------------------|
|--0-------------------|-(0)---------------|--3-----------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
10 11 12
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-(0)------------------|-----------0--------|-(0)------------------|
|-(0)-----0------------|-----------0--------|-(0)-----0------------|
|--------------3-------|--------------------|--------------3-------|
|-----------------3----|--3-----------------|-----------------3----|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
13 14 15
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|------------5--------|-(5)---------------|----------5-----------|
|---------3-----------|-(3)---------------|-------3--------------|
|--0------------------|-(0)---------------|--0-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
16 17 18
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-----------0--------|-(0)---------------|
|-(5)-----5------------|-----------0--------|-(0)---------------|
|-(3)----------3-------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(0)-------------0----|--3-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
19 20
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------0-----------|-(0)-------------------||
|-------3--------------|-(3)-------9--9--9--9--||
|--3-------------------|-(3)-------0--0--0--0--||
|----------------------|-----------------------||
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Verse 1b: Guitar 2 (Play once through)
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* Let notes ring wherever possible *
1 2 3
||--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------0--------|-(0)------0------------|-------------0--------|
||--------------------|---------------3-------|----------------------|
||--3-----------------|-------3----------3----|--3----3--3-----------|
||--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
4 5 6
|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-(0)------0-------------|----------5-----------|-(5)---------------|
|---------------3-----3--|-------3--------------|-(3)---------------|
|-------3----------3-----|--0-------------------|-(0)---------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
7 8 9
|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------0--------|
|----------5-----------|-(5)---------------|-----------0--------|
|-------3--------------|-(3)---------------|--------------------|
|--0-------------------|-(0)---------------|--3-----------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
10 11 12
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-(0)------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-(0)-----0------------|------------0--------|-(0)-----0------------|
|--------------3-------|---------3-----------|--------------3-------|
|-----------------3----|--3------------------|-----------------3----|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
13 14 15
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-----------5--------|-(5)---------------|----------5-----------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-------3--------------|
|--0-----------------|-------------------|--0-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
16 17 18
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(5)-----5------------|-----------0--------|-(0)---------------|
|-(3)----------3-------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(0)-------------0----|--3-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
19 20
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------0-----------|-(0)-------------------||
|---------------------|-----------9--9--9--9--||
|--3------------------|-----------0--0--0--0--||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
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Chorus: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play twice)
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||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|--9---9---9---9---------------|
||--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|--10--10--10--10--9--9--9--9--|
||--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|--0---0---0---0---0--0--0--0--|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
P.M........ .......... ..........
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|--9---9---9---9---------------|
|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|--10--10--10--10--9--9--9--9--|
|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|--0---0---0---0---0--0--0--0--|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
.......... .......... ..........
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
|--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|--9---9---9---9---0---0---0---0---|
|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
|----------------------------------|------------------8---8---8---8---|
.......... .......... ..........
|----------------------------------|------------------------------| |
|----------------------------------|------------------------------| |
|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|--0---0---0---0---0--0--0--0--|*|
|--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|--9---9---9---9---9--9--9--9--|*|
|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|--10--10--10--10--0--0--0--0--| |
|----------------------------------|------------------------------| |
.......... .......... ..........
On the last repeat, replace the last bar with the following:
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---||
|--9---9---9---9---10--10--10--10--||
|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--||
|----------------------------------||
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Verse 2a: Guitar 1 (Play once through)
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* Let notes ring wherever possible *
1 2 3
||----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||----------5-----------|-(5)---------------|-----------5--------|
||-------3--------------|-(3)---------------|-----------3--------|
||--0-------------------|-(0)---------------|--0-----------------|
||----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
4 5 6
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(5)---------------|-----------5--------|-(5)---------------|
|-(3)---------------|-----------3--------|-(3)---------------|
|-(0)---------------|--0-----------------|-(0)---------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
7 8 9
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------0--------|-(0)------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------0--------|-(0)-----0------------|------------0-------0--|
|--------------------|--------------3-------|---------3-------3-----|
|--3-----------------|-----------------3----|--3--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
10 11 12
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-(0)-------0----------|-------------5--------|-(5)---------------|
|--------------3-------|-------3--3-----------|-(3)---------------|
|-----------------3----|--0-------------------|-(0)---------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
13 14 15
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------0--------|
|----------5-----------|-(5)-----5------------|-----------0--------|
|-------3--------------|-(3)----------3-------|--------------------|
|--0-------------------|-(0)-------------0----|--3-----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
16 17 18
|----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(0)-----0------------|------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(0)-----0------------|-------------0-------0--|-(0)----------------------||
|--------------3-------|-------3--3-------3-----|-----3--------9--9--9--9--||
|-----------------3----|--3---------------------|--------3--0--0--0--0--0--||
|----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------||
================================================================================
Verse 2b: Guitar 2 (Play once through)
================================================================================
* Let notes ring wherever possible *
1 2 3
||----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||----------5-----------|-(5)---------------|-----------5--------|
||-------3--------------|-(3)---------------|-----------3--------|
||--0-------------------|-(0)---------------|--0-----------------|
||----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
4 5 6
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(5)---------------|-----------5--------|-(5)---------------|
|-(3)---------------|-----------3--------|-(3)---------------|
|-(0)---------------|--0-----------------|-(0)---------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
7 8 9
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------0--------|-(0)------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------0--------|-(0)-----0------------|------------0-------0--|
|--------------------|--------------3-------|---------3-------3-----|
|--3-----------------|-----------------3----|--3--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
10 11 12
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-(0)-----0------------|------------5--------|-(5)---------------|
|--------------3-------|---------3-----------|-(3)---------------|
|-----------------3----|--0------------------|-(0)---------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
13 14 15
|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|-----------0--------|
|----------5-----------|-(5)-----5-----------|-----------0--------|
|-------3--------------|-(3)------------3----|--------------------|
|--0-------------------|-(0)-----------------|--3-----------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
16 17 18
|----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(0)------------------|------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(0)-----0------------|-------------0-------0--|-(0)----------------------||
|--------------3-------|-------3--3-------3-----|-----3-----3--9--9--9--9--||
|-----------------3----|--3---------------------|--------3-----0--0--0--0--||
|----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------||
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Play the Chorus twice, replacing the last bar with the following:
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||----------------------------||
||------------------0---------||
||--0---0---0---0---0---------||
||--9---9---9---9---9---------||
||--10--10--10--12--12--------||
||----------------------------||
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Section 2.1: Guitars 1 & 2 (Play twice)
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||--0----------------|-(0)-------0--------|--0----------------|
||--1----------------|-(1)-------0--------|--1----------------|
||--2----------------|-(2)-------2--------|--2----------------|
||--2----------------|-(2)-------2--------|--2----------------|
||--0----------------|-(0)-------0--------|--0----------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(0)-------0--------|--0----------------|-(0)-------0--------|
|-(1)-------0--------|--0----------------|-(0)-------0--------|
|-(2)-------2--------|--0----------------|-(0)-------2--------|
|-(2)-------2--------|--0----------------|-(0)-------2--------|
|-(0)-------0--------|--x----------------|-----------0--------|
|--------------------|--3----------------|-(3)----------------|
|--0----------------|-<12>---------0--------| |
|--3----------------|-<12>---------0--------| |
|--0----------------|-<12>---------2--------|*|
|--0----------------|--------------0--------|*|
|--0----------------|--------------0--------| |
|-------------------|-----------------------| |
On the last repeat, replace the last bar with the following:
|-(0)------------------------||
|-(3)------------------------||
|-(0)------------------------||
|-(0)-------*----------------||
|-(0)-------5----------5--5--||
|-----------3----------3--3--||
* At this point the distortion pedal is switched on (both guitars), and the
tempo becomes 126 BPM.
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Section 2.2: Guitars 1 & 2 with Heavy Distortion (Repeats outlined below)
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=======
Part I: x 1
=======
||------------------------|-------------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------------|
||--7----7--7--7----7--7--|-(7)-7--7--7--5----5--5--|
||--5----5--5--5----5--5--|-(5)-5--5--5--3----3--3--|
.................... .......
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--7----7--7--7----7--7--|-(7)-7--7--7--7----7--7--|
|--5----5--5--5----5--5--|-(5)-5--5--5--5----5--5--|
.................... ..................
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------0-------0--|-(0)----------0----0--0--|
|-------------0-------0--|-(0)----------0----0--0--|
|--5----5--5-------5-----|-(5)-5--5--5----------5--|
|--3----3--3-------3-----|-(3)-3--3--3----------3--|
......... ... .......
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------0-------0--|-(0)----------0----0--0--||
|-------------0-------0--|-(0)----------0----0--0--||
|--5----5--5-------5-----|-(5)-5--5--5----------5--||
|--3----3--3-------3-----|-(3)-3--3--3----------3--||
......... ... .......
========
Part II: x 4
========
||------------------------|--------------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------------|
||--7----7--7--7----7--7--|-(7)-7--7--7--7--5--5--5--|
||--5----5--5--5----5--5--|-(5)-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--|
.................... ...................
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--7----7--7--7----7--7--|-(7)-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|--5----5--5--5----5--5--|-(5)-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
.................... ...................
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--5----5--5--5----5--5--|-(5)-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|--3----3--3--3----3--3--|-(3)-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
.................... ....................
|------------------------|--------------------------| |
|------------------------|--------------------------| |
|------------------------|--------------------------|*|
|------------------------|--------------------------|*|
|--7----7--7--7----7--7--|-(7)-7--7--7--7--5--5--5--| |
|--5----5--5--5----5--5--|-(5)-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--| |
.................... ...................
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Lead Riff: Guitar 3 with Heavy Distortion & Octaver (Play twice)
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Note that there is a 4th guitar which joins in for the second repeat, and this
guitar's octaver is tuned DOWN one octave, while the 3rd guitar's octaver is
tuned UP one octave.
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--0--3--5--0--3--5--0--3--|--5--3--5--3--5--3--0--3--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--5--3--0--0--3--5--0--3--|--5--3--5--3--5--3--0--3--|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3-(3 / 7)-|-(7)-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------| |
|----------------------------|---------------------------------| |
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|*|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|*|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------| |
|--0--0--0--0--3--3--(3/12)--|-(12)-12--12--12--12--12--14 --| |
After the last repeat, play and hold the following note for 4 bars:
||-----------||
||-----------||
||-----------||
||-----------||
||-----------||
||--5--------||
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Verse 3: Guitar 1 (Play once through) [ Tempo = 118 BPM ]
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* Let notes ring wherever possible *
1 2 3
||----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
||----------5-----------|-(5)---------------|----------5-----------|
||-------3--------------|-(3)---------------|-------3--------------|
||--0-------------------|-(0)---------------|--0-------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
4 5 6
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------0--------|-(0)------------------|
|-(5)---------------|-----------0--------|-(0)-----0------------|
|-(3)---------------|--------------------|--------------3-------|
|-(0)---------------|--3-----------------|-----------------3----|
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
7 8 9
|--------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------0--------|-(0)------------------|---------------------|
|-----------0--------|-(0)-----0------------|------------5--------|
|-----------3--------|-(3)----------3-------|---------3-----------|
|--3-----------------|-----------------3----|--0------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
10 11 12
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-(5)---------------|----------5-----------|-(5)---------------|
|-(3)---------------|-------3--------------|-(3)---------------|
|-(0)---------------|--0-------------------|-(0)---------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
13 14 15
|--------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------0--------|-(0)------------------|---------------------|
|-----------0--------|-(0)-----0------------|------------0--------|
|--------------------|--------------3-------|---------3-----------|
|--3-----------------|-----------------3----|--3------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
16
|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||
|-(0)-------------------||
|-----------9--9--9--9--||
|-----------0--0--0--0--||
|-----------------------||
Guitar 2 joins in for the last half of the last bar
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Guitars 1 & 2 play the Chorus twice with the second replacement bar
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Guitars 1 & 2 play Section 2.1 twice, ending with the following:
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||--0----------------||-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|
||--3----------------||-(3)---------------|-(3)---------------|
||--0----------------||-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|
||--0----------------||-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|
||--0----------------||-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|
||-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------||
|-(3)---------------|-(3)---------------||
|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------||
|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------||
|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
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End
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Tab summary: Intro x 1
Verse 1 x 1
Chorus x 2
Verse 2 x 1
Chorus x 2
Section 2.1 x 2
Section 2.2:
Part I x 1
Part II x 4 + Lead Riff
Verse 3 x 1
Chorus x 2
Section 2.1 x 2
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